Opinion: Lack of digital investment risks failure to compete
Digital is disrupting many industries, and the upstream oil and gas industry is no exception.
Renewed hope for BiFab jobs as government and contractors work to ‘find solution’
There was new hope today for workers of troubled Scottish engineering firm Bifab, which employs 1400 people across three sites.
BiFab bosses ‘hopeful’ of a solution over administration and job losses
Bosses at an offshore engineering firm at risk of entering administration say they remain hopeful a solution can be reached to secure the future of the business and its workforce.
Ministers vow to fight to save BiFab jobs as administration looms
Ministers have said they will “leave no stone unturned” in attempts to find a positive outcome for a major employer feared to be on the brink of administration.
Scottish firms Aberdeen Asset Management and Weir Group named in Paradise Papers
The offshore operations of some of Scotland’s biggest firms, including north-based Aberdeen Asset Management, have been detailed in the so-called Paradise Papers.
Scottish Government to announce further action on fossil fuel vehicles
Speaking at UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Scotland’s cabinet secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Rosanna Cunningham, is to double down on Scotland’s commitment to reduce diesel and petrol cars.
WATCH: Scotland’s National Hyperbaric Centre has been given a multi-million pound redevelopment
Scotland’s National Hyperbaric Centre has been given a multi-million pound redevelopment.
Hidden energy charges costing UK businesses millions each year
A company who's job it is to recover energy costs for businesses have warned that millions are being lost each year due to Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charges.
Swedish wave energy group anchors in Orkney
CorPower Ocean, the Swedish wave energy company, has opened up offices in Kirkwall, Orkney as they prepare to test their wave device at the European Marine Energy Centre.
Energy sector contributes to best UK industrial growth in almost 25 years
Data provided by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that the industrial sector in the UK has enjoyed its strongest period for nearly 25 years.
Exclusive: Is the reputation of Scottish offshore wind on the line?
Moray (East) Wind Farm has come under scrutiny from a new report for the significant drop in their Contract for Difference (CfD) strike price from the first to second phase of the CfD auctions.
Asco celebrates 50 years of business
Often things that last start from humble beginnings.
Offshore wind ‘bonanza’ could hit UK, claims academic
Professor Mike Barnes, from the University of Manchester's School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, believes that offshore wind ‘could be a bonanza’ for the UK.
Ofgem caps prepayment meter warrant installation fees for poorest customers
Ofgem is to cap the amount suppliers can charge customers for installing a prepayment meter under warrant at £150 and ban the costs altogether for the most vulnerable.
UK battery company gets over £250,000 from BEIS for aggregation
Moixa has managed to win £267,750 funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Entrepreneur fund to carry out pioneering battery aggregation.
Sellafield staff to strike over ‘derisory pay offer’
Workers at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over pay.
Energy tops list for fund designed to alleviate poverty
A fund of up to £20 million has been launched to help tackle poverty by offering alternative services such as energy and insurance to people on low incomes.
Two UK firms to share multi-million Sellafield contract
Two UK companies have won a share of a multimillion-pound contract to supply radioactive waste containers to the Sellafield nuclear site.
Statoil announce first land-operated oil platform
Oil and gas giant, Statoil, today unveiled their remote-controlled oil rig with the opening of the Valemon control room in Bergen.
EON Wind wins long-term Scottish contract at Drone Hill
Energy subsidiary company, EON Wind Services, has announced today that it will provide third part services to the Drone Hill Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders.
Offshore wind costs rising, not falling, data shows
Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) data on the Walney Offshore Wind Farm extension shows that, despite industry claims, the building in of wind farms in deeper water is costing more rather than less.
Scotland ‘could find itself acting alone’ on wave energy post-Brexit
A new report by Imperial College London and the University of Strathclyde has warned that the Scottish Government could find itself ‘alone’ in developing wave energy in the UK after Brexit.
Future Renewables opens £30million funding phase to increase wind turbine numbers
Future Renewables Eco PLC (FRE plc) has announced a new funding phase aimed at raising £30million to finance construction for more onshore wind farms across the UK and Ireland.
Updated: Ineos Shale secures Total UK fracking licences
Ineos has announced the acquisition of Total's interests in a number of shale licences onshore UK.
Aberdeen councillor up for World Energy Cities Partnership VP role
Councillor for Dyce, Bucksburn and Danestone, Barney Crockett will seek approval from the Lord Provost to take on the role of vice president of the World Energy Cities Partnership.